Youth Program Director

An exciting opportunity to join the team of a progressive YMCA located in vibrant Somerset County, New Jersey. The YMCA is one of the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. With a 150-year-old history, Greater Somerset County YMCA (GSCY) is a pillar of the community and has seven locations across three counties, which collectively serve upwards of 30,000 individuals.

GSCY has 100 full-time and 950 part-time employees along with operating revenues to $22+ million.

The Y empowers everyone—no matter who they are or where they are from. To fulfill our purpose of strengthening community for all, GSCY is committed to being an inclusive organization and leveraging our collective impact to address social inequities. To learn more about GSCY, visit our website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org

Under the direction of the Senior Program Director, the Youth Program Director is responsible for managing activities associated with our School Age Child Care (before/after school), Summer Camp, Youth Sports Programs, and Youth Enrichment Programs. This includes the administration of these programs to ensure that they create opportunities for youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility at the Somerset hills YMCA.

* This job is fully on-site without opportunities for remote work.*

• Oversee and manage adaptive programming, teen programming, performing arts, birthday parties, and youth & family engagement events.
• Support development of new programs and community engagement initiatives aligned with YMCA mission and Core Values.
• Collaborate with staff and volunteers to ensure safe, inclusive, and high-quality programming for all participants.

• Oversee specialty, enrichment, and travel camps, including planning, staffing, scheduling, and daily operations.
• Support staff hiring, training, and supervision for assigned camp programs.
• Assist with curriculum development, activity planning, field trips, and special events.
• Ensure proper documentation, attendance tracking, and incident reporting.

• Provide operational and administrative support to existing SACC (School Aged Child Care) sites, including licensing support and compliance needs.
• Assist the Sr. Program Director with SACC expansion efforts and onboarding of new sites as needed.
• Support staffing, scheduling, and program quality initiatives across SACC programs.

• Assist with hiring, training, onboarding, and professional development of program staff.
• Serve as a resource to staff by offering guidance, feedback, and problem-solving support.
• Foster a positive, inclusive, and mission-driven team culture.
• Support program registration, communication with families, and participant enrollment processes.
• Assist with budget monitoring and resource management for assigned programs.
• Respond to family questions and concerns in a timely and professional manner.
• Promote programs through YMCA communication channels including website, social media, and program guides.
• Participate in fundraising efforts, special events, trainings, and YMCA-wide initiatives.
• Comply with all Greater Somerset County YMCA policies and procedures.
• Model and promote YMCA Core Values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Mission Advancement: Models and teaches the YMCA values. Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to changing lives. Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition. Cultivates relationships to support fund-raising.

Collaboration: Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives. Builds relationships to create small communities. Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict. Effectively tailors communication to the appropriate audience. Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance and support.

Operational Effectiveness: Provides others with frameworks for making decisions. Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities. Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team. Effectively creates and manages budgets. Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress.

Personal Growth: Shares new insights. Facilitates change, models adaptability and an awareness of the impact of change. Utilizes non-threatening…